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  • A Brief History of Biographies: From Plutarch to Celebs
    Hesperus Press

    A Brief History of Biographies: From Plutarch to Celebs

    Andrew Brown Softcover | 12.7 x 0.64 x 19.69 cm | 144 pp Hesperus Press | 2011 | 9781843919728 Does the success of warts-and-all celebrity biographies betray our prurient, voyeuristic times? Or is a fascination with the lives and struggles of others a facet of...
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  • Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting (Rare edition)Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting (Rare edition)
    Thames & Hudson

    Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting (Rare edition)

    Catherine Lampert Hardcover | 16.2 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm | 240 pp  Thames and Hudson  | 2015 | 9780500239254 Rare & Collectible orn in Berlin in 1931 to Jewish parents, the eight-year-old Auerbach was sent to England in 1939 to escape the Nazi regime....
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  • Boy On Fire: The Young Nick CaveBoy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave
    Atlantic Books

    Boy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave

    Mark Mordue Hardcover | 15.88 x 3.81 x 23.5 cm | 432 pp Atlantic Books | 2021 | 9781838953690 An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a...
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  • Richard Thompson: Beeswing - Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967–75Richard Thompson: Beeswing - Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967–75
    Faber & Faber

    Richard Thompson: Beeswing - Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967–75

    Richard Thompson Softcover | 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm | 290 pp Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571376988 The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention. Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary...
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  • Art Czar: The Rise and Fall of Clement GreenbergArt Czar: The Rise and Fall of Clement Greenberg
    MFA Publications

    Art Czar: The Rise and Fall of Clement Greenberg

    Alice Goldfarb Marquis Hardcover | 15.04 x 3.02 x 21.69 cm | 336 pp MFA Publications | 2006 | 9780878467013 In the years of his greatest dominance, Clement Greenberg almost single-handedly established Jackson Pollock and the New York School at the centre of the American...
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  • Lee and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Lee KrasnerLee and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Lee Krasner
    Officina Libraria

    Lee and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Lee Krasner

    Ruth Appelhof Hardcover | 17 x 2.62 x 24 cm | 192 pp Officina Libraria | 2019 | 9788833670164 Angry, outrageous, defiant, and courageous are some of the words that describe the American Abstract Expressionist artist Lee Krasner (1908-1984) – the subject of this...
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  • David Hockney (Lives of the Artists)David Hockney (Lives of the Artists)
    Laurence King

    David Hockney (Lives of the Artists)

    James Cahill Hardcover | 12.7 x 1.3 x 18.7 cm | 160 pp Laurence King | 2021 | 9781913947422  David Hockney is the most famous living British artist. And he is arguably one of the more famous American artists as well. Emerging from the north...
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  • Andy Warhol (Lives of the Artists)Andy Warhol (Lives of the Artists)
    Laurence King

    Andy Warhol (Lives of the Artists)

    Robert Shore Hardcover | 12.7 x 1.3 x 18.7 cm | 128 pp Laurence King | 2020 | 9781786276100 Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully-made personae, star-studded milieu, million-dollar price tags and famous quotes lies the real Andy Warhol. But who was he?Here Robert Shore...
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  • Keith Haring (Lives of the Artists)Keith Haring (Lives of the Artists)
    Laurence King

    Keith Haring (Lives of the Artists)

    Simon Doonan Hardcover | 12.7 x 1.3 x 18.7 cm | 128 pp Laurence King | 2021 | 9781786277879 Revolutionary and renegade, Keith Haring was an artist for the people, creating an instantly recognisable repertoire of symbols - barking dogs, space-ships, crawling babies, clambering faceless...
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  • Edward Hopper: The Story of His LifeEdward Hopper: The Story of His Life
    Prestel

    Edward Hopper: The Story of His Life

    Sergio Rossi & Giovanni Scarduelli Hardcover | 17.7 x 1.6 x 24.4 cm | 128 pp Prestel | 2021 | 9783791387352 This graphic novel delves into the life of the acclaimed artist Edward Hopper, whose iconic works depict quintessentially American scenes and experiences. While many of Hopper's...
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  • Mark Rothko: The Story of His LifeMark Rothko: The Story of His Life
    Prestel

    Mark Rothko: The Story of His Life

    Sergio Rossi & Giovanni Scarduelli Hardcover | 17.7 x 1.6 x 24.4 cm | 128 pp Prestel | 2021 | 9783791387918 This graphic biography traces Rothko's entire life, from his boyhood emigration from Russia to America, to his suicide in 1970. It touches on his schooling...
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  • Banksy: A Graphic NovelBanksy: A Graphic Novel
    Prestel

    Banksy: A Graphic Novel

    Francesco Matteuzzi & Marco Maraggi Hardcover | 17.7 x 1.6 x 24.4 cm | 128 pp Prestel | 2022 | 9783791388816 Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist of all time. But we don’t actually know who he is. This is just one of many...
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  • From Punk to Monk: A MemoirFrom Punk to Monk: A Memoir
    Insight Editions

    From Punk to Monk: A Memoir

    Ray Raghunath Cappo Hardcover | 15.24 x 2.79 x 22.86 cm | 368 pp Insight Editions | 2024 | 9781647228682 Ray Cappo (b.1966) was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City...
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  • Thurston Moore: Sonic Life - A MemoirThurston Moore: Sonic Life - A Memoir
    Doubleday

    Thurston Moore: Sonic Life - A Memoir

    Thurston Moore Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.99 x 23.88 cm | 467 pp Doubleday | 2023 | 9780385548656 From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to...
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  • How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone (Non-mint)
    Oneworld Publications

    How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone (Non-mint)

    Cameron Russell Hardcover | 13.5 x 2.1 x 21.6 cm | 224 pp Oneworld Publications | 2024 | 9780861547869 The realities of the fashion industry is exposed in this devastating account of the life of a successful supermodel. Scouted by a modelling agent when she...
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  • Kim Fowley: Lord of Garbage
    Kicks Books

    Kim Fowley: Lord of Garbage

    Softcover | 11 x 1.1 x 18.5 cm | 150 pp Kicks Books | 2012 | 9780965977760 Rare & Collectible The autobiography of legendary music producer Kim Fowley told in his own poetry and prose. Kim Vincent Fowley (1939-2015) was an American record producer, songwriter...
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  • Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)
    Hachette

    Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)

    Hardcover | 16.26 x 3.05 x 23.62 cm | 272 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306828027 An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam...
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  • Tomorrow's Here Today: Lightning Seeds, Football and Cosmic Post-PunkTomorrow's Here Today: Lightning Seeds, Football and Cosmic Post-Punk
    Nine Eight Books

    Tomorrow's Here Today: Lightning Seeds, Football and Cosmic Post-Punk

    Ian Broudie Hardcover | 16.3 x 3.3 x 24.3 cm | 352 pp Nine Eight Books | 2023 | 9781788709026 Few musicians have lived a musical life as rich as the songwriter and producer Ian Broudie. From recording the glorious uplifting psychedelic pop of his band...
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  • You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of NicoYou Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico
    Faber & Faber

    You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

    Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Hardcover | 15.3 x 4.3 x 23.4 cm | 512 pp Faber & Faber | 2021 | 9780571350018 You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone is an empowering reappraisal of an under-appreciated icon. Drawing upon new interviews and rare archival material Bickerdike...
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  • Desperately Young: Artists Who Died in Their TwentiesDesperately Young: Artists Who Died in Their Twenties
    ACC Art Books

    Desperately Young: Artists Who Died in Their Twenties

    Angela S. Jones & Vern G. Swanson  Hardcover | 24.97 x 2.72 x 29.26 cm | 256 pp ACC Art Books | 2020 | 9781788840842 Desperately Young introduces the masterpieces left behind by some of the greatest rising stars in fine art - all of whom died before...
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